Chapter 479
~ MAKE THINGS BIGGER ~
Yu Heng’s voice came from the outside carriage, “Wang Ye, Young Miss, we’ve arrived at Qinfang Garden.”
Mu Yunyao’s breath tightened before she said with a smile, “Then, I wish Your Royal Highness a safe and smooth journey.”
Yue Wang raised his eyes and suddenly moved closer to Mu Yunyao. He pulled her hand and put a string of turquoise jade beads on her wrist. “Wait for me to come back.”
The jade beads on Mu Yunyao’s wrist were warm, and they seemed to have infected her body temperature, making Mu Yunyao feel slightly hot on her skin. “Well, Your Royal Highness, you must be very careful about everything. Don’t overdo it and force yourself.”
“Alright.”
Standing at the entrance of the Qinfang Garden, Mu Yunyaowatched the carriage leave, and she stood for a long time before turning around. “Let’s go back.”
That night, she slept very restlessly. Before dawn the next day, she woke up early and went to the kitchen to prepare food.
The Grand Princess Yi De looked at the delicate dishes on the table and thought of Yue Wang, who had left early in the morning and couldn’t help but sigh. Every time she saw Yunyao like this, she felt she had committed a crime. If it weren’t for such a complicated matter, she would have blurted it out a long time ago, but now was not the right time.
“Grandmother.” Mu Yunyao brought the last sweet soup over, smiling as she walked to Grand Princess Yi De’s side. “Taste my cooking today.”
“Alright. Why are you so diligent today? Do you want to ask for some rewards from Grandmother?”
“No, I’m just being filial.”
“You, quickly sit down and eat together.”
“Yes.” After breakfast, Mu Yunyao returned to her own courtyard. Leaning against the soft couch for a while, she stayed lazily before suddenly standing up. “Jin Lan, prepare the carriage. I want to go to Ni Yun Fang.”
“Yes.”
Mu Yunyao went to Ni Yun Fang and plunged straight into it in the next few days. Thus, it didn’t take long for the exquisite dresses to be delivered to all the mansions in the city where the dresses were ordered, which forcibly grabbed the limelight of the salt tax deficit case in Jiangnan and set off waves in the Capital.
It was a warm spring day, and many of the ladies and young ladies had gone out for an outing one after another were wearing Ni Yun Fang’s clothes on their bodies. Ni Yun Fang’s clothes accentuated their graceful and elegant bodies, and it was even more seductive than spring. Those who had not ordered the dress and were waiting to see a joke were stupefied.
Because the styles chosen by those ladies in the later stage were repeated, Mu Yunyao had personally modified them herself. Thus, sixty sets of clothes were sold, but none of these sixty sets were identical. Even if they were embroidered with a similar plum blossom design, worn by the madams and misses, it could show a difference.
No matter if they were the matriarchs of the aristocratic families or the lady of the prefectures, as long as they wore the clothes of Ni Yun Fang, no one would say anything malicious about them.
Just as the dresses were delivered, Mu Yunyao didn’t even have time to heave a sigh of relief before she was blocked by the person downstairs who had come to reserve clothes. Before, they didn’t have a reservation. But this time, they would risk their lives to snatch the quota. As for the ones they had booked before, they wanted to buy two more sets. When spring clothes are available, should summer clothes be prepared in advance? In addition, a piece of dress is definitely not enough to replace, and always reserve a few more things to prepare…
Cai Yi held the account book and looked at the profits on it. She smiled and said, “Miss, take a look. Oour Ni Yun Fang has a total profit of nearly one hundred thousand silver taels in such a short time....” If she did not see it with her own eyes, she would not dare to believe her own eyes. It was even faster than robbing money.
“The embroidery ladies worked hard these few days, giving out fifty taels of silver each as a reward. In addition, take out fifty taels of silver for the good ones. I have already said earlier that I would not treat them bad, and I will naturally keep my word.”
“Yes, Miss is very kind.” Cai Yi quickly agreed, “Miss, what about the next batch of orders....”
“I won’t accept it for the time being. During this time, we will prepare summer clothes, and the embroidery of the beauty booklet is too time-consuming, so we need to prepare well. In addition, change the style of the clothes here in the Capital and send them to storefronts in other places. By all means, it’s better to give up on some of the styles of the dresses here in the Capital rather than let others do the same. It’s better not to let others do the same. We can’t make people think that Ni Yun Fang treated its guests and clothes indiscriminately.”
“Yes. Please rest assured, Miss.”
After being busy for a while, Mu Yunyao carefully calculated the time and discovered that only ten days had passed. She did not know what was going on, but she had a nagging feeling that her days were long and hard. She wondered how Yue Wang was doing in Jiangnan.
Mu Yunyao returned to Qinfang Garden to rest for a while. She vaguely dreamed that Yue Wang was looking at her with blood all over his body. She was so frightened that she abruptly sat up straight and woke up. “Fourth Master....”
Jin Lan and Jin Qiao heard the commotion and rushed in. “Miss, why are you sweating so much? Are you having a nightmare?”
Mu Yunyao tightened her fingers and discovered that her palm was wet and cold. “I’m fine.”
Jin Lan brought warm water over. Mu Yunyao drank two mouthfuls before feeling slightly better. However, her heart was still unsettled: “Is there any news coming from Bu Xian Luo?”
“There is no useful news for the time being.”
Mu Yunyao nodded and got up to wash up and change her clothes before walking out to the pavilion to relax.
Liu Liang hurried over quickly, “Mistress, there is news from Qi Ming that Ling Wang intends to thoroughly make a big fuss about the deficit in the salt tax in Jiangnan, but he did not explain the details. He only said that Qi Ming would shut down Yi Bao Xuan in several cities such as Linjiang City and Huai’an City for a while and withdraw most of the silver and manpower.”
“Linjiang City, Huai’an City?” Mu Yunyao’s heart skipped a beat. Linjiang City, needless to say, had already become famous because of its close proximity to the river, while Huai’an City’s terrain was low, located to the east of the river. If the river broke the wall, both places would be seriously affected. “Could it be that Ling Wang is paying attention to Linjiang’s attention...”
“Miss, the salt transportation envoy in Linjiang City has mysteriously died. Your highness Yue Wang should be staying in Linjiang City for a period of time.”
Mu Yunyao’s expression suddenly changed. “Notify Bu Xian Luo and have them send a message to His Royal Highness Yue Wang as soon as possible, and have him …” She said, her tone choked suddenly. She wanted to ask Yue Wang to change his route and not go near Linjiang City. But knowing that someone would do something to Linjiang City, would Yue Wang ignore so many people?
“Mistress…”
“Send a message to His Royal Highness, tell him to be careful. Ling Wang might blow up the riverbank of Linjiang City. If you can, it would be the best idea to mobilize the troops stationed in both places to handle the riverbank... Hurry up and go.”
“Yes, Mistress.”
When the news spread out, there wasn’t the slightest response. Mu Yunyao had even questioned Grand Princess Yi De twice but still hadn’t received any reports.
Eunuch Cheng had already secretly deployed people to search for Yue Wang, but the Capital was far away from Jiangnan. Even if they rode fast horses to communicate, he doesn’t know how long it would take to get there. He is simply in a hurry.
After entering for three months, the Capital was filled with anxiety. All the people in the Imperial Court were waiting for Yue Wang to investigate the salt tax in Jiangnan, but the news had yet to arrive.
Within Jin Wang’s palace, the steward handed a letter to Jin Wang, “Your Royal Highness, arrangements have been made for Jiangnan.”
“Alright, since Yue Wang wants to make things bigger and plot against me, I’ll help him. Are you sure Yue Wang is trapped in Linjiang City?”
“Yes, the information is accurate.”
“Yes, give the order to move and do it. Also, Yang Lian needs to be disposed now.”
“Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness. This servant will handle this matter.”